Designer Sir Terence Conran has become an honorary professor at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).

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The University for the Creative Arts (UCA), which has campuses in Kent and Surrey, appointed Ms Rhodes as its first chancellor in 2010.

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"We won't see such garments in stores for another 20 or 30 years, but the practical and creative possibilities are exciting, " said Prof Joanna Berzowska, of the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

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